- Olfactory foramina
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Olfactory foramina 
Ethmoid bone from above. 
Base of the skull. Upper surface. Latin foramina cribrosa ossis ethmoidalis The olfactory foramina are holes in the cribriform plate which transmit the olfactory nerves.
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Bones of head and neck: Foramina of the skull (and canals, fissures, meati, and hiati) (TA A02.1.00.053–097, GA 2.178–199) Anterior cranial fossa to Orbit: ethmoidal foramina (anterior, posterior)
to Nasal cavity: olfactory foramina (CN-I) · foramen cecumMiddle cranial fossa to Orbit: optic canal (CN-II) · superior orbital fissure (CN-III,IV,V1,VI)
to Pterygopalatine fossa: foramen rotundum (CN-V2) · pterygoid canal
to Infratemporal fossa: foramen ovale (CN-V3) · foramen spinosum/carotid canal
other: foramen lacerum · hiatus for greater petrosal nerve · hiatus for lesser petrosal nerve · sphenoidal emissary foramenPosterior cranial fossa internal auditory meatus/facial canal/stylomastoid foramen (CN-VII,VIII) · jugular foramen (CN-IX,X,XI) · foramen magnum (CN-XI) · hypoglossal canal (CN-XII) · condylar canal · mastoid foramenOrbit to Nasal cavity: nasolacrimal canal
to Face: supraorbital (notch, foramen) · infraorbital (foramen, groove) · zygomatic foramen (-facial, -temporal)
to Pterygopalatine fossa: inferior orbital fissure
other: Inferior orbital fissure · Fossa for lacrimal sacPterygopalatine fossa to Oral cavity: incisive canals · incisive foramen
to Nasal cavity: Foramen vomerinum · Meatus vomerinus · Fissura vomerina · Hiatus vomerinusOther Categories:- Musculoskeletal system stubs
- Foramina of the skull
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